Our first weekend trip out of town! Friday was full of anticipation and excitement at having consecutive days off for the first time since beginning work - and it's a 3-day weekend, too!
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| Our blue dot in the Gulf of Thailand. Pattaya nearby on the coast. |
After work on Friday, we said farewell to our first friend moving out of Bangkok. Nick played hockey with Sam and I'm sad to see him go, but happy to have met him! Who knows when/if our paths might cross again.
We went to the bus station having just missed tickets for the next bus. We were bummed because that meant arriving late to Pattaya. Just as we were resigned to waiting around, a man came up to us saying he has tickets for the bus leaving now but his friend isn't here yet, can we switch? Talk about great karma. Felt like a great omen to the weekend.
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| View from our apartment - Pattaya is a pretty big beach town. |
After an easy 2-hour bus ride, we arrived to meet Michel, our Air BnB host and got settled in. Then we went out to explore the area. Our apartment was set back a bit from the main drag and as we got closer to the beach, the more lively things became - markets, pubs, gogo bars, clubs - all swarming with a diverse crowd of people but 60-something white guys and young Asian women were a large majority.
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| Songtoew on Beach Rd (Pattaya's main drag). |
On Saturday, Sam went to his hockey team's charity golf tournament while I slept in late. He was enjoying the day on the green while I went to the main beach (not ideal for swimming) and took the songtoews (open truck taxis) around town. I practised my Thai skills, walked up Buddha Hill and along Jomtien beach. After Sam's event, we met up to walk around town and ended our long days in the sun with 2-hour massages for 700baht (12USD each).
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| Big Buddha. |
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| Happy to be on the water! |
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| Island sighting. |
On Sunday, we slept in and took the ferry to a nearby island, Koh Laan. We chose one of the smaller beaches to spend the day and ended up running into Sam's friend, Vlad, from hockey. Sam and I got manicures and pedicures on the beach while sipping Chang and talking with friends. We took the ferry back as the sun set and breathed in the lovely Gulf air.
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| Hat (beach) Tien on Koh (island) Laan. |
All in all, a great weekend and I'm excited to go back again :)
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| Sunset over Koh Laan. |
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